Recent content by Helicopter

I haven't read all the comments but I ask, does this little fellow have room to RUN. I know of a stallion who had spent his entire life stabled,yarded and shown and was a complete nut case. After despairing for a while the new owners let him loose in a huge paddock and he ran until he couldn't...

I know of a little stallion who had been shown almost since birth and lived exclusively in a stable and tiny yard. His new owners were devastated by his behaviour in his new bigger but still small yard walking the fence line constantly. In desperation one day they let him out into a huge paddock...

It took about 5 years to come up with my property name and when it suddenly came to me it was obvious. DANISSY ...after the 2 ponies I had when I was a kid over half a century ago. Sissy and Danny.,,,,,DANISSY

Congratulations. What a story. Token red and pink........sounds good to me.

The theory of ad lib feeding is that they are never allowed to run out of low sugar grass hay (fed in slow feeder nets)........not even for a minute. Theoretically they will eventually come to realise that there will always be food there for them so they don't have to gorge themselves...

My 6 months old filly has to strain to pass manure and then it is only a couple of balls. The vet seems to think it may be a constriction in the bowel and if that is the case her prognosis is not too rosy. She suggested soupy feeds, wet hay and psyllium (sp) 2 days a week. Has anyone had...

Oh dear, your lists make me feel so tired.

Since my herd has been on track they are actually moving instead of lying around all day in the dry lot like slugs. Heavens I've even seen the occasional TROT. Looking forward to the day when someone goes mad and breaks into a gallop. They have to be happier. I'd love to have the kind of pasture...

Paddock Paradise...now we're talking. My 24 ponies and 4 donkeys have been on track for about 3 months now. Previously they were allowed into a paddock a couple of hours morning and evening and confined to a ''dry lot'' the rest of the time. I hated it. They now have grass hay 24/7 in slow...

That's so impressive but I have to ask.....................how long does it take to hitch them all up?

My yearling filly was registered by the breeders as a Black Buckskin. They weren't sure of her colour and that was a best guess. Now that she has lost most of her baby fluff I'm wondering if she might be a Liver Chestnut. Mother Bay with Bay and Chestnut parents. Daddy Palomino with Black and...

Horses will be horses. Mine get all their hay in slow feeder hay nets with 1 inch holes. Keeps hay off the ground and minimises waste. Been using them for years and (touch wood) have never had a problem.

My little mare presented me with a sweet baby before I had time to start worrying too much. How good was that. Any tips on feeding the new mother?

What a stunning foal. Mine will have legs about half as long as that beauty.

Oh dear not much chance of a black then. I'd be quite happy with a purple though.